Appropriate prescribing in the elderly: An investigation of two screening tools, Beers criteria considering diagnosis and independent of diagnosis and improved prescribing in the elderly tool to identify inappropriate use of medicines in the elderly in primary care in Ireland

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-376

  Ryan, C ^a   O'Mahony, D ^b,c   Kennedy, J ^a   Weedle, P ^a   Barry, P ^c   Gallagher, P ^c   Byrne, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; Elderly; Improved prescribing in the elderly tool; Inappropriate prescribing; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM; DOXAZOSIN; FERROUS SULFATE; FLURAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; METHYLDOPA; NAPROXEN; NITROFURANTOIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYBUTYNIN; PIROXICAM; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRIAZOLAM; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTIPATION; DRUG COST; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; PEPTIC ULCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67749102127     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: 13652710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2008.01007.x     Document Type: Article

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